Recently I had the honor of presenting at an event for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. Today I’m sharing one of the small gift ideas I showed. (I didn’t photograph the items until after the event, so some of them are a bit worn looking. Lots of people handled and looked at them.)

Here’s what I made:

It’s just a tiny blue box (1-1/2″ x 1-1/2″ x 1-1/2″) with brown and gold on all sides.

When you lift the top off, the sides fall away to expose one delicious Ferrero Rocher candy. It’s an elegant way to dress up a very small gift.

Here’s how I did it:

For the box:

I cut a piece of Soft Sky card stock to 4-1/2″ x 4-1/2″. I scored it 1-1/2″ and 3″, then turned it a quarter turn and scored at1-1/2″ and 3″. I cut away the corner areas, then folded on all score lines.

For the interior, I cut 6 pieces Chocolate Chip CS to 1-3/8″ x 1-3/8″, and I cut 6 pieces of Gold Foil Sheet to 1-1/4″ x 1-1/4″. I glued 5 of the Chocolate Chip pieces to the interior squares, and 5 of the gold pieces on top of those. I saved the other 2 pieces for the lid’s interior.

For the exterior, I stamped and heat embossed the smaller medallion image from the Frosted Medallions stamp set in gold onto Chocolate Chip CS 5 times. I used the Layered Squares Framelits to cut each image. I cut 5 pieces of Gold Foil Sheet to 1-3/8″ x 1-3/8″. I glued the gold pieces onto the 4 sides of the box, and the embossed pieces on top of those.  I put a gold embellishment from the Metallic Enamel Shapes on the center of each embossed piece.  I saved the other 2 pieces for the top of the lid.

For the lid:

I cut a piece of Soft Sky CS to 2-1/16″ x 2-1/16″. I scored it 1/4″ in from each of the four sides. I cut one score line at each corner, and folded all score lines. I glued the small pieces at the corners to the inside of the adjacent side, forming the lid.

I glued the leftover pieces from above to the lid’s interior and exterior, to match the box.

Note: I almost always use glue for this kind of project, but I prefer to use Fast Fuse when adhering something to a slick surface, like the gold side of the Gold Foil Sheet.

TIP: When making this type of box, I find it helpful to make it just big enough to hold the contents without any extra room. In this instance, the candy helps to hold up the sides of the box when the lid is on. If there is too much empty space inside, the sides can lean in and your box won’t look, well, like a very good box.

Here’s what I used:

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Stampin’ Up! has been doing a little year-end cleaning, and we’ve got some great deals to offer you and your customers! Our Year-End Closeouts will include holiday retiring products, clearance rack items, and current high-inventory catalog products. Read below for promotion rules and information.

Details

• Promotion period: December 1, 2016 – January 3, 2017
• All products (and discounts, if any) can be found in the Year-End Closeouts category of the online store beginning December 1.
• Year-end closeout items may be added to all order types: demonstrator, workshop, customer, and online.
• Clearance Rack items are only available while supplies last.
• Following the Year-End Closeouts promotion, some products may remain on the Clearance Rack; other items may be removed from the Clearance Rack to be added at another undetermined time.
• High-inventory items will only be discounted through January 3; beginning January 4, they will still be available, but at regular price.
• Retiring item availability will follow standard retiring item rules:
• Retiring stamp sets are guaranteed available until December 21, after which they will be only available while supplies last.
• Retiring accessories will only be available while supplies last.
• Retiring items will only be available while supplies last. All retiring items will be discontinued after January 3.
Other Year-End Closeouts products and applicable discounts can be found in the online store.
• No minimum purchase is required to participate in Year-End Closeouts.
• Year-End Closeouts are eligible for Stampin’ Rewards with qualifying orders.
• New demonstrators may add Year-End Closeouts items to their Starter Kit! Click on Be a Candy Heart at the top of the page!

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